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Mad Hippie

Active-rich, performance-focused skincare and suncare

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Mad Hippie's Sustainability Rating:

Good

Mad Hippie has a Good rating for its personal care products because it intentionally minimizes resource use and environmentally harmful ingredients.

Mad Hippie succeeeds in its commitments to avoid select ingredients that pose a threat to the climate, including parabens, phthalates, harmful sun care ingredients, and select other petrochemical-based ingredients. It has primarily plastic-free packaging for its product containers, using sugarcane bioresin, glass, and biodegradable bamboo instead. Mad Hippie has a takeback recycling partnership with Pact Collective that accepts containers from any brand via dropoff or mail. Though it's a small brand with likely limited resources, we hope it shares information on its energy strategy, any emissions reduction targets or efforts, or its labor practices in the future.

We haven't yet evaluated Mad Hippie's beauty products.


  • Ingredients

    Mad Hippie has made ingredient commitments to lower its environmental impact, including by avoiding parabens, phthalates, harmful sun care ingredients, and select other petrochemical-based ingredients. It succeeds in these commitments and Commons didn't find evidence of these ingredients in its products. However, Mad Hippie still uses some palm oil-derived ingredients which pose a significant threat to the climate. It can be difficult for small brands to entirely eliminate these. It carries products that have certifications from Leaping Bunny, PETA Animal Test-free.


  • Containers & Packaging

    Mad Hippie doesn't appear to have made any efforts to concentrate its products or minimize its containers, which increases shipping emissions and packaging volumes. However, it has minimized its virgin plastic use and prioritizes eco-friendly packaging materials such as recyclable glass, biodegradable bamboo, FSC-certified paper, and sugarcane bioresin.


  • Energy & Water Use

    Mad Hippie doesn't share information on its energy strategy. Mad Hippie doesn't provide information on any water conservation strategies. Mad Hippie has an unknown production span.


  • Refill & Reuse

    Mad Hippie utilizes alternative models for most products to avert waste, including offering reusable containers, and offering a takeback program. Its takeback recycling partnership with Pact Collective allows customers to send in old containers for free.


  • Slow Cleaning

    Mad Hippie doesn't frequently release seasonal or new products, which helps prevent production of excess inventory.


  • Marketing

    Commons is still evaluating this brand's marketing emails.


  • Transparency & Reporting

    Mad Hippie has a prominent sustainability page with high-level details on its climate strategy. Mad Hippie shares a complete list of ingredients used in its products, on a per product basis.


  • Emissions Tracking

    Commons couldn't find information on this brand's emissions tracking.


  • Targets & Offsets

    Commons couldn't find emissions reduction targets for this brand. Commons couldn't find evidence that this brand offsets any emissions. It has a policy of donating to conservation orgs with each sale.


  • Supply Chain & Labor

    Mad Hippie publishes limited information about its supply chain partners, disclosing the geographic location of its Tier 1 manufacturers, but not its suppliers. It doesn't publicly share a supplier code of conduct. Mad Hippie doesn't have a stated policy of regularly auditing its supply chain partners. This may increase human and environmental risks.


  • Advocacy

    Commons wasn't able to find evidence of any trade association memberships or any relevant policy for this brand. Mad Hippie isn't a member of any key advocacy organizations that are blocking climate policy, but it also isn't a member of advocacy organizations advancing climate policy. It doesn't employ any state lobbyists and didn't donate more than $100k to climate-obstructive candidates or PACs from 2018-2024.

Our ratings are based on a scale from 1 (harmful) to 5 (best). How we rate →

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https://madhippie.com/pages/our-skin-care-philosophy

https://madhippie.com/a/faq

https://madhippie.com/blogs/the-hippie-times/

https://madhippie.com/pages/conservation-efforts

https://madhippie.com/pages/pact-collective?_pos=1&_psq=Pact&_ss=e&_v=1.0

https://madhippie.com/pages/the-truth-about-skin-care-percentages

https://fminus.org/lobbyists/

https://www.fec.gov/data/browse-data/

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Sustainability information was last updated in May 2025.

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